O’HALLORAN, WILLIAM ‘BILL’ Reg. # B55599

William Leonard ‘Bill’ ‘Willie’ O’Halloran was born July 1, 1919 

Bill O'Halloran, early 1942

William [Bill] Leonard O’Halloran, Sgt. Major served in the Algonquin Regiment from 1939 to 1946.   He saw active duty in  a commando raid into Norway early in the war.  He later broke a leg during parachute training and as result was not deployed to Europe after the Invasion. He served on anti-aircraft guns in London during the Blitz.  He rarely discussed the War as many he trained in the regiment perished on D-Day when they parachuted into flooded fields in Holland.